Gulf worries US-Iran talks may cement Tehran's 'golden' grip on HormuzWith the Iran-U.S. negotiations in progress, Gulf nations are increasingly anxious that the outcome will only result in the Strait of Hormu...
21 Apr, 2026, 01.25 PM IST
Airtel flags 71 billion spam calls, 2.9 billion messages since 2024Bharti Airtel said it has flagged more than 71 billion spam calls and 2.9 billion spam messages since launching its AI-based spam filter in...
10 Feb, 2026, 08.26 PM IST
Border casinos caught in Thailand-Cambodia crossfireThailand has struck multiple casinos linked to cyberscamming in neighbouring Cambodia during an almost two-week-long border conflict, with ...
22 Dec, 2025, 12.09 AM IST
These scam centres were bombed. was it all for show?In a dramatic show of force, Myanmar's junta undertook the demolition of structures at KK Park, notorious for its cyberscam operations. How...
28 Nov, 2025, 11.25 PM IST
14 Indian youth rescued from cyber-scam centers in LaosFourteen Indian youth were rescued by the Indian Embassy in Laos from cyber-scam centers in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone. The ...
07 Aug, 2024, 12.16 PM IST
Assam and Guwahati police city bust international fake call center racket in GuwahatiAssam police and Guwahati city police have conducted a major operation to dismantle an international fake call center racket operating from...
15 Sep, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
Chinese criminal syndicates under guise of business ventures on the rise in SE AsiaSeveral Chinese syndicates are along the border between Cambodia and Thailand. The syndicates have taken advantage of COVID-19 which has re...
03 May, 2022, 08.00 PM IST
Call Centre scamming US, Canada nationals busted in GurugramThe accused scammed foreign nationals of $500 to $1000 dollars each through pop-ups offering tech support, police said.
26 Mar, 2022, 08.27 PM IST
Call center fraud: Indian pleads guilty in telemarketing scam in the USUnder the scam, call center operators falsely represented themselves to be associated with Microsoft Corporation, falsely represented to vi...
25 Aug, 2020, 10.06 PM IST
Cornavirus pandemic claims another victim: RobocallsIndustry experts say robocalls are way down - scam calls as well as nagging from your credit-card company to pay your bill. The coronavirus...
22 May, 2020, 09.18 PM IST
Over 20 Indian-origin persons sentenced in massive call center scam in USAccording to US officials, the call center scam defrauded thousands of US residents of hundreds of millions of dollars.
21 Jul, 2018, 10.29 AM IST
2 Indian-Americans plead guilty in US call centre scamBhavesh Patel, 47, from Arizona and Asmitaben Patel, 34, from Illinois pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering of...
08 Jul, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
Indian Bharat Kumar Patel pleads guilty to running call center scamBharat Kumar Patel was arrested for his role in the fraud and money laundering scheme alongside 55 other individuals and five call centers ...
14 Apr, 2017, 12.25 PM IST
Gujarat fund networks aided fraudsters running call centres, say US authoritiesWhile there are many centres doing this all across India, processing work - that is routing funds from a victim to a call centre operator -...
30 Oct, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
Indian call centres stole $300 million from Americans: Jeh JohnsonUS Senate Aging Committee, that studies issues related to older Americans, received more than 1,100 calls from senior citizens across the c...
28 Oct, 2016, 01.18 PM IST
15,000 victims, $300 million scam! US charges 61 over India-based IRS impersonation scamPayments by victims were laundered by a US network of co-conspirators using prepaid debit cards or wire transfers, often using stolen or fa...
28 Oct, 2016, 06.48 AM IST
Indian call centers a source of imposter frauds: USThe US government told lawmakers said American officials were training Indian law enforcement agencies to act against the fraudsters.
29 Jun, 2016, 10.51 PM IST